I think it was Nicolas Trub’s idea in 2006 to have a project day that highlights all the innovation work that goes on there. I’ve missed all of them so far, and was curious to see what it was going to be like.

Miracle. Sunny morning. Not many people there yet.

Over 100 projects to be presented. People sticking up posters.

Mike and I have a stand for our humanities course with ESIEE second year students. His produced about 20 design projects. Mine wrote 16 intercultural books. The two students below with their mock up to liven and colour up the gloomy ITMP and now MoTIS Masters corridor.

This team did a study for an innovation design company on smart bioimplants.

There is a controversy concerning solar ovens! Some go for concave mirrors that can heat water (left picture). Others make glasshouse like heaters (right picture). But the ESIEE team’s design reconciles the two!

Their solar mirror heater has a glass lid.

There were lots of service innovations in the form of apps. This logo was designed by another clever ESIEE team. I hope they got a prize! Smartmedic helps you manage your medication. Especially designed for elderly people. Maybe this would have convinced my beloved mum to get a phone to go with her plastic weekly pill dispenser

here’s the team!

A couple of weeks ago, one valiant D-school team told us that communication among the 70 students from 8 schools working on the 2014 solar house project wasn’t easy. This ESIEE team confirmed that. But they also said that when the D-school team set up a FB group, everyone joined it within hours.

By the time I came back to their stand to take the picture they’d packed up their nice heating and ventilation system model, but they donned their hats specially! Kiitos!

I asked whether there was going to be a WBS for the house. I expect assembling it in the D school hall to make sure it works, disassembling it, transpoting it to the porte de Versailles site and re-assembling in less than10 days will involve lots of labels. The team said they would find out…

Nicolas Trub’s solar bike stole the show! I’d love to do a programme antiprograpmme story of how it’s evolved in the last decade.

His first comercial website was designed by ITMP Masters students in 2004! Click here for today’s version. Here he is